The Year of Our Lord 1944

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Resigned	Giuseppe Alardo, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice et Saint-Maur de Clervaux {Santi Maurizio e Mauro di Clervaux}, Luxembourg	Abbot Emeritus
	74.6	Retired	Angelo Bartolomasi †	Archbishop of Italy, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	José Maria Lemerder †	Prelate of Pinheiro, Maranho, Brazil
		Born	John Njue	Embu	Cardinal, Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
		Born	Joseph Bilal Nyekindi †	Kpaile	Bishop Emeritus of Wau, Sudan
	53.5	Resigned	Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta †	Administrator of Pinheiro, Maranho, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1 Jan		Born	Franco Agostinelli	Arezzo	Bishop of Prato, Italy
	58.6	Appointed	Michele Gonzi †	Archbishop of Malta	Archbishop Emeritus
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. †	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran
2 Jan		Born	Martin Drennan	Piltown	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
3 Jan	75.9	Died	Josef Hammels †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
4 Jan	77.8	Appointed	Franz Rudolf Bornewasser †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Trier, Germany	Bishop
4 Jan		Born	Lewis Zeigler	Harrisbourg	Archbishop of Monrovia, Liberia
5 Jan	88.8	Died	Paul-Marie Ramond, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
5 Jan		Born	John Ikataere Rarikin, M.S.C.	Maoku	Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)
6 Jan	24.6	Ordained Priest	José Brandão de Castro, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Enrique Pélach y Feliú †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Abancay, Peru
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Stella †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
8 Jan	58.0	Died	Giacinto Tamburini †	Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy
12 Jan	90.5	Died	James Joseph Hartley †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
13 Jan	38.1	Appointed	Juan Hervás y Benet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Prelate Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
	38.1	Appointed	Juan Hervás y Benet †	Titular Bishop of Alinda	Prelate Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
	47.6	Appointed	Ignacy Krause, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Binda	Bishop Emeritus of Xingtai [Shunteh], China
	47.6	Appointed	Ignacy Krause, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shunteh [Xingtai], China	Bishop Emeritus of Xingtai [Shunteh], China
	62.3	Died	Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
14 Jan	79.9	Appointed	Émile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
14 Jan		Born	Lino Panizza Richero, O.F.M. Cap.	Balestrino	Bishop of Carabayllo, Peru
15 Jan	48.4	Appointed	Jean-Louis-Antoine-Joseph Coudert, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
18 Jan	76.6	Died	Francis William Howard †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Julien François Le Couëdic †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	William Francis Malooly	Baltimore	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Paul Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Eriza	Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
19 Jan		Born	Josip Mrzljak	Vukovar	Bishop of Varaždin, Croatia
21 Jan	56.2	Appointed	Vincentas Borisevicius †	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
21 Jan		Born	Abraham Kattumana †	Thottakam	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
22 Jan	48.3	Appointed	Lino Aguirre Garcia †	Bishop of Sinaloa, México	Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
	58.1	Appointed	Gerald C. Murray, C.SS.R. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
	58.1	Appointed	Gerald C. Murray, C.SS.R. †	Titular Archbishop of Bizya	Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
		Born	Mario Oliveri	Campo Ligure	Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy
	39.3	Appointed	Ferdinando Ruiz y Solózarno †	Archbishop of Yucatán, México
	49.1	Appointed	Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Archbishop of Durango, México
23 Jan	22.6	Ordained Priest	Edgar Carício de Gouvêa †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Baia, Brazil
27 Jan		Born	Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I.	Durban	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
		Born	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza	Aldea del Fresno	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
		Born	Carmelo Scampa	Scandolara Ripa d’Olio, Italy	Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil
	78.1	Died	Thomas (Franz Xaver) Spreiter, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa
28 Jan		Born	Vicente Jiménez Zamora	Ágreda	Bishop of Santander, Spain
		Born	Robert McGuckin	Marrickville	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
	80.1	Died	Raffaele Santi †	Bishop Emeritus of Montefeltro, Italy
29 Jan	25.8	Ordained Priest	Gerald Francis O’Keefe †	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
		Born	John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan	Kabba	Cardinal, Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
	35.3	Appointed	Patrick Winters, S.A.C. †	Prefect of Mbulu, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania
31 Jan		Born	Warlito Cajandig y Itcuas	Dumarao	Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines
1 Feb		Born	Uriah Ashley	Almirante	Bishop of Penonomé, Panama
	73.1	Died	Próspero Maria Gustavo Bernardi, O.S.M. †	Prelate of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus, Brazil
	52.0	Appointed	Juan Manuel González Arbeláez †	Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus	Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
	52.0	Resigned	Juan Manuel González Arbeláez †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
2 Feb		Born	Ratko Perić	Tuk-Rovišce	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
3 Feb	63.2	Resigned	Franz Wolfgang Demont, S.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Aliwal, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
3 Feb		Born	Guerrino Perin, M.C.C.I.	Pianiga	Bishop of Mbaïki, Central African Republic
6 Feb	34.9	Ordained Bishop	Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Isinda	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Arturo Salazar Mejia, O.A.R. †	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Leopoldo Teofili †	Priest	Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
	44.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Zaffonato †	Titular Bishop of Elatea	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
8 Feb		Born	Brian Farrell, L.C.	Dublin, Ireland	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
8 Feb		Born	Jaume Pujol Balcells	Guissona	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
9 Feb	85.9	Died	Vincenzo Scozzoli †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
10 Feb	72.8	Died	Guillermo José Harris y Morales †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
11 Feb	73.1	Died	Paweł Franciszek Kubicki †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sandomierz, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
12 Feb		Born	Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J.	Lima	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
14 Feb		Born	Kevin Dowling, C.SS.R.	Pretoria	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
		Born	Paul Maipan	Manikamangalam	Bishop of Khammam, India
		Born	Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B.	Ashnabad	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
17 Feb	71.4	Died	Emilio Cecco, C.S.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
18 Feb		Born	Flavio Calle Zapata	San Andrés	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia
19 Feb	79.9	Died	Paul-Marie Dumond, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
19 Feb		Born	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Montréal	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
20 Feb	45.9	Appointed	Juan Niccolai, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
20 Feb	45.9	Appointed	Juan Niccolai, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Rhandus	Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia
22 Feb	76.1	Died	Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Amelia, Italy
22 Feb		Born	Richard Brendan Higgins	Longford, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
23 Feb		Born	Séamus Freeman, S.A.C.	Mullinahone, Tipperary	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
23 Feb	68.1	Died	Franz Wolf, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
24 Feb		Born	José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R.	Pamplona, Spain	Bishop of David, Panama
25 Feb		Born	Hippolyte Louis Jean Simon	Saint-Georges-de-Rouelley	Archbishop of Clermont, France
26 Feb	82.6	Appointed	James Morrison †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop
26 Feb	57.2	Appointed	Joseph Anthony O’Sullivan †	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Feb		Born	Ernest Léger	Haute-Aboujagane	Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
28 Feb	28.4	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Tomás Boza Masvidal †	Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Manfred Melzer	Solingen	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	50.3	Appointed	Pranciskus Ramanauskas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
	50.3	Appointed	Pranciskus Ramanauskas †	Titular Bishop of Carpasia	Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
29 Feb	62.9	Died	Sabas Sarasola Esparza, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru
1 Mar	54.0	Appointed	Eugeniusz Baziak †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine	Archbishop
1 Mar	54.0	Appointed	Eugeniusz Baziak †	Titular Archbishop of Parium	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
2 Mar	79.0	Died	Jules-Joseph Cénez, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Basutoland, Lesotho
3 Mar	80.9	Died	Giosuè Cattarossi †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
	54.0	Appointed	Endre Hamvas †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Archbishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary
	50.7	Appointed	Sándor Kovács †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	József Mindszenty †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom, Hungary
4 Mar	30.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio Yapsutco Fortich †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bacolod, Philippines
	27.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Felix Sanchez Zafra †	Priest of Tagbilaran, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
5 Mar		Born	Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga	Brufe	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
9 Mar	57.7	Appointed	Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Antiphrae	Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China
	57.7	Appointed	Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yütze [Yuci], China	Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China
	49.7	Appointed	Dominic Senyemon Fukahori †	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Camille Zaidan	Kassaibé, Lebanon	Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
10 Mar		Born	Jean Marie Vu Tât	Di Nâu, Thach Thât, Hà Son Bình	Bishop of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
	43.3	Appointed	Johann Wember, M.S.F. †	Prefect of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
	53.5	Appointed	Cyprian Witte, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]
11 Mar	44.1	Appointed	George Alapatt †	Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal	San Cristóbal de La Habana	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
	54.5	Appointed	Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines
	54.5	Appointed	Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda †	Titular Bishop of Linoë	Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines
	48.1	Appointed	Eugene O’Doherty †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	41.9	Appointed	Charles Eugène Parent †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
	41.9	Appointed	Charles Eugène Parent †	Titular Bishop of Diana	Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
	37.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Siri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Genova, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova-Bobbio, Italy
	37.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Siri †	Titular Bishop of Livias	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova-Bobbio, Italy
12 Mar	25.9	Ordained Priest	François Abraha †	Priest of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Bishop Emeritus
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Lino Aguirre Garcia †	Bishop of Sinaloa, México	Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Bernard Henri René Jacqueline †	Priest of Coutances (-Avranches), France	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Morocco
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Paulos Tzadua †	Priest of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
14 Mar		Born	Alan Stephen Hopes	Oxford	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
15 Mar		Born	Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv.	San Polo di Piave (Treviso)	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
15 Mar	72.7	Died	John Bertram Peterson †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
16 Mar	41.2	Appointed	Patrick Francis Lyons †	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop of Sale, Australia
17 Mar		Born	Juliusz Janusz	Lyczana, Poland	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
17 Mar		Born	Paul Lortie	Beauport	Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
18 Mar	58.6	Appointed	James Boyle †	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
	44.7	Appointed	Edward Ellis †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	60.5	Died	William Richard Griffin †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
19 Mar	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Della Cioppa †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias	Bishop Emeritus of Alife, Italy
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Lê Van Ân †	Priest	Bishop of Xuân Lôc, Viet Nam
20 Mar	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Archbishop of Durango, México
22 Mar		Born	Luis Alberto Parra Mora	Tenza	Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
23 Mar		Born	Pierre-Antoine Paulo, O.M.I.	Camp Perrin, Haïti	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
24 Mar	37.4	Appointed	Francis Hong Yong-ho	Vicar Apostolic of Pyong-Yang, Korea (North)	Bishop of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)
24 Mar	37.4	Appointed	Francis Hong Yong-ho	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)
25 Mar	27.8	Ordained Priest	Stefan Barela †	Priest of Częstochowa, Poland	Bishop
	24.0	Ordained Priest	José Germán Benavides Morriberón †	Priest of Tacna, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Philippe Boutros Chebaya †	Priest of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Francisco Raval Cruces †	Priest of Laoag, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Stéphanos II (Andraos) Ghattas, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
	30.4	Ordained Priest	George Henry Guilfoyle †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Endre Hamvas †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Archbishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Sándor Kovács †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	József Mindszenty †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom, Hungary
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Luis Munive Escobar †	Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla, México	Bishop Emeritus of Tlaxcala, México
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Peter Bernard Pereira †	Priest	Bishop of Trivandrum, India
	25.7	Ordained Priest	André Rousset †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Rogelio Sánchez González †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Vincentas Sladkevicius, M.I.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
		Born	Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I.	Formiga	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
26 Mar		Born	Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira	Tambores	Bishop Emeritus of Minas, Uruguay
28 Mar		Born	Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta †	Wonosobo	Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia
29 Mar	64.6	Appointed	Manuel Arce y Ochotorena †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	50.2	Appointed	Jaime Font y Andreu †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain
	55.6	Appointed	Luis Alonso Muñoyerro †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Archbishop of Spain, Military
		Born	Rino Passigato	Bovolone, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	58.3	Appointed	León Villuendas Polo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
30 Mar	76.9	Died	Nicola Monterisi †	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
31 Mar		Born	José Hernán Sánchez Porras	Palmira	Bishop of Venezuela, Military